The Irony Is Killing Me
“Midway in our life’s journey, I went astray
from the straight road and woke to find myself
alone in a dark wood. How shall I say
what wood that was! I never saw so drear,
so rank, so arduous a wilderness!
Its very memory gives a shape to fear.
Death could scarce be more bitter than that place!
But since it came to good, I will recount
all that I found revealed there by God’s grace.”
Dante’s Inferno, Canto I, lines 1-9
Quick English lesson: “Comedy” doesn’t mean “funny” when talking about Dante. The only “Funny” parts of the D.C. are the ones which really show how horrible a person you are for laughing, and why you too will be in hell. “Comedy” means just what Dante says there in bold: the end result is “good;” there is something praiseworthy about the outcome of the events.
This is my life right now. Coming out on the other side: climbing through hell and exiting in heaven.
I just hope it’s not all a dream.
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